Life is boring...

[zERo~Chronic]

Acid isn't 12 hours, more like 8 or 9. It will keep you awake for at least 12 hours, maybe feeling residuals for that period, but you trip for like 8 or 9 hours tops. Unless you ate a ton of acid. But like they said, go for shrooms, 5 or 6 hours. Definitely take a big dose. An eighth or more.

The very first time i took acid it was only 1 hit and i passed out 14 hours after i felt the come on, still with strong visuals but mostly come down from the mental trip. So time can definitely vary. 12 hours in I was still laughing at the "still" image on the tv.



Dude don't turn to alcohol, especially not hard liquor. That's terrible advice. At 16 your drinking should be for party occasions not as a crutch for your problems, because you don't really have any yet. I think psychedelics could be a way to go, as long as you are not the depressive type. Just don't let yourself get too detached from reality.

[JTP]

I'm the depressive type. Psychedelics actually help me with MDD, making it much more bearable without weed for days at a time. With them I can feel what I've always thought it was like to feel "normal."

[pkkupo]

This thread makes me want to dedicate my life to designing and fabricating a time travel device in order to return to 2001 and kill myself... Jk... being sad is shitty...

[Weedguru_Fire_Inside]

i wouldn't prescribe any drugs. None at all. I'd search within and try to find out what it really is that's depressing you. I did it myself (not without weed. I spent a good 3 or 4 months wonderng why the fuck i was so depressed, until i found pure purpose in my life. Maybe you just need to set yourself a ladder of goals, then aim to complete them. If you fail, try again.

Shoulder to the wheel man.

[WeedGuru_Flow]

and what got you a purpose AFI?

[JTP]

That would work for someone who's just depressed, but not suffering from MDD.

[AbbyRoad]

i agree with you on this one JTP

when im going through one of my depressive states there would be no chance of figuring out my "pure purpose" or making a list of life goals.
the easiest way to explain why i feel this way is with examples.
i love the arts, visual arts especially. and when im depressed i stop doing anything artistic. i dont even doodle while bored at work.
all the parts of me that would lead me to finding a pure purpose are just.....i wanted to say dead, but thats not how it feels. its just empty. theres nothing in the place where you keep the things that make you happy.
the parts that feel "dead" are the parts that make the tears and outbreaks. the parts that feel empty make it difficult to even eat.

[JTP]

Sounds pretty much like me, but I was diagnosed at age 11, have a few more symptoms and I don't come out of "depressive states;" it's permanent. Weed and psychedelics are my medicine.

[SpRi7e]

when did you start smoking weed/doing drugs? I have a bunch of friends that were diagnosed the same thing, started smoking.. doing various drugs, and only got better once they fullly cleaned their system for a few months and got stuff sorted out.

I'm not a very minimal believer of depression type things being permanent, but maybe it's because of the mass amounts of psychology books I've read along with tons of real life experiences in this subject with friends and especially me.

[JTP]

I started doing drugs way later. I was an adult. My life only started feeling worth living once I started doing drugs. It was the first time I could really feel much positive emotion without something huge happening (I.E., Christmas as a very young child).

[Weedguru_Fire_Inside]

and what got you a purpose AFI?

I found my purpose in something i discovered i'm rather good at - economics. With it, my aim is to change the world for the better, hopefully in a major way. So i've started a university course and now i feel like i'm progressing toward my purpose.

I wouldn't know what it's like for somebody with diagnosed depression. I've never bothered looking in to it. I sometimes think i may have an actual disorder of depression, as i go through these long periods of absolute apathy, but now i've discovered that if i remain productive and progressive, all that seems to disappear....

[JTP]

Sounds possible, though there are obviously different severities. I often kind of detach, or "zone out" from everything. Often my mind's eye will overtake my vision with a very depressing image. People will be trying to get my attention and I don't realize it for several minutes.

[Bubbles]

you just gotta find something your happy doing is all. i was going to be a welder but then i discovered i really enjoy working with plants watching how they grow and how they work and now im learning to potentially do all sorts of things, from farming to doing research to help the global food supply.

the point is you gotta try new things.

[Weedguru_Fire_Inside]

the point is you gotta try new things.

That's the key.....

[SpRi7e]

oh, and along with trying new things. I've noticed a lot of times when people try new things that they aren't used to at all (especially the ones who don't do it very often) that they give up easily because they aren't good at it.

Get off your high horse and don't expect to be a master of anything your first few....hundred times. Do it for the fun of it, not for being good at it, and the skill will come before you notice. Honestly, I find the fun in starting off from square one and working my way up with just about anything. The rewards you get every time you accomplish some little step is amazing, and you can even look back and see how much you got better.